Born in Augusta, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Ancestors 
Daughter of Claude Whipple
and Mabel Irene (Robe) Whipple
Wife of
Gratus Warden Shewmake
— married
27 May 1939 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan
[children unknown]
Died
at age 96
in Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jul 2018
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Biography
Katherine H Whipple was born on 6 Jun 1920, in Augusta. Kalamazoo County, Michigan, the daughter of Claude Whipple and Mabel Robe.
Katherine Whipple married 1st on 18 May 1939 in Kalamazoo, Kalamzoo County, Michigan. Gratus W Shewmake, the son of William J Shewmake and Martha L Gunter. They had children.
She married 2nd Ernes Egeler per her obituary at www.avinkcremation.com
Katherine H Egeler died on 7 Mar 2017, in Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She was buried in the South Portage Cemetery in Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Sources
- US Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Comstock, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 2340732 online image www.ancestry.com
- US Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Comstock, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01770; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 39-10B
- Michigan, County Marriages, 1822-1940 online database www.ancestry.com
- Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 County File #31478 State File #39 7424 online image www.ancestry.com
- FAG Memorial #17271491
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Katie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Katie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Katie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Katie:
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~1.56%
Steven Whipple
:
23andMe, GEDmatch TB2574699 [compare]
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~1.56%
Cindi (Whipple) Clark :
23andMe, GEDmatch KC8543358 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A579649 [compare], Ancestry member cl2clark
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